Fatah: “We are sowing our land from the veins, from the arteries, and from blood, and from the inner heart we will build our state and will not relinquish”

by Nan Jacques Zilberdik

A bloodied Palestinian flag lying on the ground is reason to rejoice according to Abbas’ Fatah Movement’s Bethlehem branch, which posted the photo above with text glorifying the spilling of “the blood of the Martyrs”:

Posted text: “How wonderful and mighty you are, O flag of Palestine, when you are soaked in the blood of the Martyrs (Shahids)”

An image of a man in an Arab headdress leaning over barbed wire and planting a flower with bleeding hands was also posted by Fatah. Accompanying text emphasized that it is with “blood” that Palestinians are “sowing the land”:

Posted text: “We are sowing our land from the veins, from the arteries, and from blood, and from the inner heart we will build our state and will not relinquish”

[Official Fatah Facebook page, March 31, 2018 (image only);

Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch,

March 31, 2018 (image and text)]

The PA and Fatah continuously state that “all means” are legitimate in the “struggle against the occupation” and in the process of building a Palestinian state. “All means” include the use of violence and terror - when these are viewed as beneficial. Therefore Fatah repeatedly promotes the ideal of Martyrdom-death and spilling one's blood for "Palestine."

Fatah also posted an image of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas with the text above promoting “sowing the land” with blood:

The image shows Abbas and a tree. In the upper left corner is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas. [Facebook page of the Fatah Movement - Bethlehem Branch, March 31, 2018]

Fatah posted the above posts the day after tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered on the border between Gaza and Israel in what was called "the March of Return." Hamas had called for a "peaceful" demonstration, but riots ensued led by Hamas activists, and Palestinians threw rocks and fire bombs at Israeli military across the border and also opened fire on them. Shooting at main instigators and those breaching the security fence, the Israeli army killed 18 Palestinians, the majority of whom were Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists.